Long-Term Application of Remote Sensing Chlorophyll Detection Models: Jordanelle Reservoir Case Study
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=54109#.VO2BaCzQrzE Author(s) Carly Hyatt Hansen 1 , Gustavious P. Williams 2 , Zola Adjei 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA . 2 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, USA . ABSTRACT Algae blooms pose a threat to water quality by depleting oxygen during decomposition and also cause other issues with water quality and water use. Algae biomass is traditional monitored through field samples analyzed for chlorophyll-a, a pigment present in all algae. Field sampling can be time- and cost-intensive, especially in areas that are difficult to access and provides only limited spatial coverage. Estimations of algal biomass based on remote sensing data have been explored over the past two decades as a supplement to information obtained ...